Video - Anchor Storage Box on my Small Sailboat

[sailingandsuch]

I had trouble finding a good place to store my anchor while cruising on my little sailboat so I ended up building this box to go under the cockpit in the cabin. Since I plan on singlehanding most of the time I will be deploying the anchor from the cockpit so a bow roller wasn't the best choice.

I think this is a good solution for a small sailboat with no dedicated anchor storage space. I plan on singlehanding most of the time so the anchor will be deployed mostly from the cockpit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_U4P-B3QY

Hopefully someone finds this useful.
THanks for watching!

 

[All U Get]

That's really neat, fits in the boat storage area perfectly.
All U Get

 

[Charisma]

Very creative, thanks for sharing

 

[Sail123]

Thumbs Up!

 

[sailingandsuch]

Thank y'all for the comments!

 

[Andy1237]

Very good. Have you thought about putting a barrel bolt at the notch cut for the shank and another at the notch where the "loop" sits? The would lock it in the box

 

[sailingandsuch]

I haven't thought of that Andy but it sounds like a good idea.

My thoughts are the only time I would want it locked down in is really bad weather when I am offshore, which will not happen very often because I don't have any offshore trips planned.

If I am coastal cruising I think I'll want that thing ready to go in a seconds notice and having it locked with bolts in a gale might slow me down quite a bit when I'm in trouble.

I'll see how it goes as is and I may add them to it. For now I'll keep a few bungees close by jsut in case.

Thanks for the idea!